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The communication on the platform was temporarily behind, and the quantum communication card was turned off, only to find that only Xiaofei and Rasil were still in a coma in the next room.

"What was I doing before, like I was going to teach Hiluka how to cook, but what about her?"

“…… It's not because Master only cared about fighting against Xiaofei's Internet hackers before and completely left her aside, so he sulked and went out. ”

“……”

"Hawkers, while you have time now, it's better to contact the students who haven't been added to the platform as soon as possible, Xiaofei, can you trouble a little?"

"Well, then I'll be responsible for contacting Ziqi, playing and Ludi, and the teacher contacting Clatice and Lusen. ”

Luo Zero nodded, and didn't think much about this assignment, and directly initiated a remote link with Klatice.

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A deep and quiet alley

It's a secluded place where you can't see the slightest human figure, and it's a mysterious place that can arouse the fear of darkness in your heart. The cold wind and the humidity whistled through the narrow alleyways, sending out a low wail, which would come to an abrupt end whenever it reached an extreme, plunging the surroundings into a terrible silence once more.

"Woo——, ——, click. The eerie silence was broken in an instant, accompanied by arcs of light that pierced through the darkness, and the sound of the fierce clash between weapons echoed in the dark alleys.

The battle that began suddenly ended before it lasted a few seconds, and it fell into an eerie silence again, as if the fierce battle had not existed.

The girl with short silver hair held a sharp dagger and watched her surroundings warily. For most people, in such a dimly lit environment, it would be difficult to move normally, but she seemed to be unaffected. Sensing something, she quickly jumped backwards, and at the same time released several hidden weapons in her hand.

After the sound of ping-pong, all the hidden weapons have been shot down by the enemies in the shadows, and the silver-haired girl has expected it, and the moment she landed, she suddenly accelerated, approaching the enemy who had just appeared at great speed.

The daggers of the two flickered faintly in the darkness, and the fierce interweaving and collision between light and light made the battle between the two indistinguishable from each other.

However, the two are not evenly matched, and the strength of the silver-haired girl is obviously much stronger than the enemy who can't see his face clearly, and it is enough to see from the other party's increasingly rapid breathing that the other party is already in the state of the end of the strong crossbow.

The silver-haired girl sighed lightly, quickly stepped back a distance, and said, "It's already okay, Assh, it's pointless to fight any longer." ”

"Ha~, what, it could be, it's pointless, at least, I haven't been able to, kill you. Gasping for breath, the girl named Assh said in a sickly tone.

"What if you kill me? The movie star has long since perished, and if I am free, what reason do I have to continue fighting?"

"Ahh ”

"So, we have no reason to fight at all, and we can live freely and unfettered, isn't it?"

"Ha——? free, unrestrained? What does that mean to me? After getting rid of the shackles of movie stars, I am now only left to kill——!

Before he could finish speaking, Assh quickly approached Klatis, who was still in a stunned state, and the dagger with silver light stabbed towards Klatice's chest.

"......" For Assh's sudden attack, Klatis didn't even use the sharp Epheric's blade to resist, she just turned sideways at a faster speed, narrowly avoided Assh's dagger, grabbed Assh's wrist holding the dagger with her left hand, and the dagger fell to the ground with a little force, and grabbed Assh's other arm with her right hand, completely controlling Assh's body.

"Cut, sure enough, it's not your opponent at all, it's really worthy of the so-called Shadow Assassin. ”

“…… Don't call me by that name, and don't think about making small gestures, I know your habits. ”

“…… You can let me go, right?"

"You must first promise not to be my enemy again. ”

"Ahh ”

“…… Do you think I'm stupid? Would I believe this kind of casual perfunctory?"

"And what do you want?"

"Sign the deed, with the binding force of the deed, it should be enough. ”

"Delusional, I will never sign a contract with you......"

“…… Then you'll always be like this. ”

"Okay, anyway, with you with me, don't eat or drink, see how long you can last, as long as you relax, I will do everything I can to kill you." ”

"So, why do you want to kill me on the premise, isn't it good to do something you want to do without the restraint of a movie star?"

"Ha~," Askish's face instantly darkened after hearing Clatice's words, "Do you want to do something? I, what I want to do is to kill you, Clatice !!"

"Woo~, in my memory, there shouldn't be much grudge between us, is it possible that you want to avenge the movie star?"

"Revenge?heh, I don't have any loyalty to the movie star in the first place, and it should be a good thing for me that you and that guy can destroy the movie star. ”

"Then you ......"

"I just want to kill you, when I was among the movie stars, all the resources are tilted on you alone, and you can complete the task every time, without any emotion, an absolute and ruthless killing machine, ah, how powerful and beautiful you were at that time, I really want to tie you up, cut off every inch of your skin one by one, listen to your painful wail, and want to completely break you~!"

"But what have you done? You have given up the movie star, you have given up killing and death, you have given up the sins and pain that you should have carried, you have chosen that guy, and even, with the intervention of that guy, even the Holy See of Light has secretly pardoned your crimes. ”

"How can this be? I was once the loveliest, most beautiful, most favorite Shadow Assassin, you have changed completely, become, ugly, disgusting, disgusting, and now even ten thousand killings of you, no, ten million times is not enough. ”

"Emotion, love, these illusory things, are not what you should have, we who live in the shadows, should not walk in the light. So, come back, the shadow is the real destination for you and me, follow that guy, it will be your misfortune, blindly immersed in the happiness in front of you, and when you lose everything, you will become more desperate and painful, return to the shadow as soon as possible, this is the path you should really take. Assh whispered like a demon.

"No, I'm not going back into the shadows, I already have what I hold dear – the best things, my teachers, my friends and my classmates, and the connection and love with them is the most important thing for me. The blade in my hand is no longer simply wielded for the sake of killing, I will give everything I have to protect all that I hold dear. ”

"......" Assh seemed to understand something, and a terrifying smile bloomed on his face, "Sure enough, you guy has really completely changed, fighting for protection? Ah~!By the way, since you want to protect them, then I will kill them all one by one, and let you know that your so-called guardianship is nothing more than something that makes people laugh off their big teeth~ Goo——。 ”

"You can do it to me, but if you dare to involve my friends, then I'll let you die right now. Clatice's hands twisted around Assh's neck, and with a little force, he could kill her completely.

Because his hands were no longer restrained, Assh used his magic power to pick up the dagger that fell to the ground, and also pressed it against Klatice's neck, "It's naïve, you can easily kill me just now, but you gave me such a chance to die with you." ”

"......" Clatice didn't answer, but the frost in her eyes was a little colder.

At this tense, life-and-death juncture, a buzzing sound came from Clatice's pocket.

“？”

“！”

"Wait a minute, I'll borrow a phone. ”

"Oh~, okay. ”

“……”

“……”

A wordless awkward atmosphere passed between the two, and Clatice slowly took out the quantum communication card, lightly touched the button in the center, and immediately popped up a blue light screen. Astish, who was startled, retreated a few meters away vigilantly, and later found that there seemed to be no danger, and slowly walked to Klatice's side, and put the dagger against the other party's neck, and Klatice also held her hand on Assh's neck again, as if to restore her previous state.

"Uh...... You two, what the hell are you doing? The moment it popped out of the light screen, the image was connected, so Luo Ling, as the other party to the communication, completely saw the strange and somewhat embarrassing honey operation between the two.

"Don't worry about the details, teacher. ”

"Uh-huh. The chicken pecked his head like rice, and Assh learned the identity of the other party from the title of Klatice, the strongest existence secretly wanted by the entire continent - Luo Ling. In front of such an unfathomable existence, Assh panicked in his heart.

"Don't worry about the size, you hurry up and let go of my hand!" Such a weird and ridiculous scene made Luo Ling's scalp tingle when he saw it.

"......" The two were silent, looked at each other, and finally obediently put down their hands, or a temporary truce.

"That's right, friends should get along with each other. ”

"Cai, Cai is not a friend, it is, an enemy. With great trepidation, Assh retorted.

Although she knew that this was a very irrational act, she did it anyway, in front of this unknown magic that had no idea of the principle, and the other party of the magic communication was still synonymous with the unknown, the powerful, and the terrifying - Luo Ling. She had no doubt that in the current situation, the other party could easily control her life and death. (However, it can't)

Even so, Assh chose to tell the truth. Her affection for Clatice is essentially closer to a kind of jealousy and envy. With the help of Lozero, Clatice escapes from the dark side of killing and death, and not only steps into the light, but also finds what she pursues and cherishes. These vain things that Assh scorned and disdained were actually the real things that her heart really longed for. As a killer, she is no different from the past Kratty, except for the killing itself, she has nothing, and the movie star is gone, after gaining the so-called "freedom", it seems that even the killing itself has lost its value. Originally, he only existed for the sake of orders, and he kept killing for the sake of orders, and in order to continue to "exist", he regarded killing itself as the value of his own life. The price of "freedom" is that even killing loses its meaning.

"Why, why you, why can it only be you? Why are you still the movie star? who took away everyone's attention, all the resources, all the benefits, and now, even what I have left. And you not only get the opportunity to get out of the darkness and enter the light, but also get the pursuit, the meaning and value of the existence of ideals and life, the right to love and be loved, and get everything. Why, why, why you, why not me......

"I, my enemy, am the one who absolutely wants to kill her. Even in front of Luo Ling, even if the other party could take her life at any time, she still made such a choice. Her rationality has long been devoured by the passionate jealousy and unwillingness in her heart, even if she dies on the spot, it doesn't matter, anyway, she has already lost everything, rather than continue to survive in a mess, it is better to die in the hands of Luo Ling like this, to be able to die in the hands of the strongest person in this continent, for an assassin, it is also a good home, right?

"So, what about Krana, what do you think of her......" Luo Ling noticed that the relationship between the two was definitely not as simple as it seemed, at least it should not be a simple hostile relationship. Assh's death-defying expression on his face made Luo Ling a little confused and puzzled.

"It's Clatice, how many times have you said it, don't change my name indiscriminately. "It's obviously such a serious atmosphere, but I still can't suppress the desire to complain, the teacher is really still a teacher. "What do you think of Assh? At least, I didn't see her as an enemy, when I was a movie star, we didn't have much intersection with each other, and I don't know what kind of person she is, but I am very troubled by the fact that she is an enemy. ”

"yes, I see. Clatice's words made Luo Zero decide his attitude towards Assh.

"Is it Miss Assh?" asked Lotzero as he turned to the girl beside Clatice.

"Huh!? Yes. Unexpectedly, Luo Ling's name was called, and Assh hurriedly made a etiquette that can only be displayed in front of the supreme leader of the movie star. With an extremely humble attitude, he waited for Luo Ling's next "order".

It seems that the survival instinct and rational side have finally mastered the dominance of the body again, and in front of the "strongest person in the mainland", even if she is reluctant, the fear and servility rooted in her heart still drive her to obey in front of this person.

Assh's groveling and trembling attitude surprised Luo Ling, but it is not difficult to guess the reason, returning to its origin, it is still a fear of his own strength, "Can you please get along with Krana? ”

"Harmony?" Assh was puzzled by the word itself.

"Yes, at the very least, you can't do the same thing as before. ”

"Is this an order?" asked Assh after a moment's apparent hesitation.

"Of course it'......" I wanted to say that it wasn't an order, but when I remembered the look on my face that had decided to give up everything, "Yes, it's an order, an order that must not be disobeyed." ”

If the order can ease the relationship between Assh and Klatis, can make Assh give up killing, can allow her to temporarily use this as a strength to support herself, and can survive with difficulty, what can she do if she gives the order.

"I see, you can't do anything more against Clatice, so, are there any other orders?"

Being able to get this sentence from Assh's mouth for the time being has already achieved the most fundamental purpose, and the next order will become the meaning of Assh's future existence? Looking at Assh's gaze with some urgency and longing, Luo Ling thought like this.

Assh is longing, longing for the existence of someone who can give orders to herself, in the movie star, orders are absolute, and the meaning of her own existence is only to live as a prop, as a machine that obeys orders. The fall of the movie star actually took away the meaning and value of her existence.

"Then, I hereby decree that you must live for your own happiness, and then, within the conditions of your ability, help others as much as possible, and help others find their own happiness, this is my command, and it is also the principle that you must not violate. ”

"Huh~!" Assh made a voice in surprise, pursuing his own happiness?Helping others?How could such a thing be done?You must know that you are an assassin who kills people without blinking, with countless blood stained in your hands, and countless sins and hatreds, how can you do it?

"Happiness...... But what is my happiness?"

"I don't know that happiness is a different definition for anyone, for everyone, no matter how twisted their hearts, no matter how strange the definition of happiness is, but everyone is on the path of pursuing happiness. For me, happiness is defined as being able to live carefree with everything I hold dear. Your own happiness, your own pursuit, still needs to be found by yourself. On the road to finding your own happiness, choose to help others, maybe you can find your own happiness in the process of helping others. ”

"Help...... Others...... But I'm an assassin, and I can't do anything but kill. There was a lingering confusion and anxiety in Assh's eyes, this "order" was really too difficult for her, and she couldn't imagine herself using her blood-stained hands to save others.

"Helping others is not a skill that needs to be learned or acquired through long-term practice," Lo Ling said halfway through before he understood the true meaning of Assh's words, "You can surely understand that, then, Krana, what about you? Do you think you will help others selflessly?"

"So, it's Clatice," I feel that no matter how many times I say it, the teacher will not change the name of himself, and it is meaningless to care about it, sighing helplessly, Zhengse said, "It is unimaginable for me to help a stranger for free, and this kind of rotten good person I can only imagine is the teacher." However, if a student in the class has a problem, I will be happy to help them. ”

"Well, I didn't expect me to be such a person in your mind. Actually, I'm a person who is extremely averse to trouble, and I'd rather not do it if helping someone would get me into something very troublesome. ”

"That being said, but how many times have teachers actually abandoned those who were in trouble?"

"......" probably has never been, right? His behavior always seems to be far from his own thoughts, obviously he is such a fearful character, whenever he meets people in distress, he still chooses to take the initiative to jump into the whirlpool of trouble and turn the tide.

"All in all, I'm not the kind of bad guy who has to take care of everything. I don't want to be that kind of being, the only people I really want to protect are my lovely students. If I were to put all the lives of this world on the scales with my students, I would not hesitate to choose my students, and the others would not matter to me at all. ”

"Got it, teacher, you're a perverted student. ”

"What the hell are the students, and don't just put a perverted prefix in front of it. ”

"Poof~. Assh couldn't help laughing out loud in front of this pair of living treasure-like teachers and students, only to realize that this was in front of Luo Ling, and quickly silenced, his face still filled with a smile that could not be concealed.

"Ahem, in short, do as much as you can, even if you don't adapt at first, try hard, to help others, of course, helping others does not mean sacrificing your own life, as long as you do your best, the most important thing is to protect your own safety. ”

"Hmm~. Assh's attitude towards Luo Ling was also much more relaxed, after all, Luo Ling's usual side was too unserious, and it was really difficult to associate him with "the strongest in the mainland".

"If there's nothing else to do, let's end this call for now. ”

"Well," Clatice nodded, paused for a moment, and then asked rhetorically, "By the way, what is the teacher's purpose in contacting me this time?

“……”

"Hmm, yes, why did you contact Krana?" has completely forgotten his original intention, obviously not yet old age, amnesia is already very obvious Luo Ling, can only slowly sort out his thoughts.

"Teacher, aren't you okay there? I've already finished contacting here, Ziqi doesn't have time for the time being, and it will be added to the platform later, and Song and Ludi have already been added to the platform. ”

"Is this voice Xiaofei?" asked Clatice to Luo Ling.

"Well," Xiaofei slowly leaned over to Luo Ling's side and forcibly squeezed Luo Ling's body away from the screen (fog, but Luo Ling took the initiative to get out of the way), "It's me, Klatice, long time no see." ”

"Hmm, hmm~?By the way, Xiaofei, are you still with the teacher now?, you haven't returned to the Fez Empire?" asked Clatice in surprise. As a member of the class, she naturally knew that Xiaofei had become the queen of the Fez Empire not long ago, and then gave way to Daisy. It stands to reason that at this time of change of throne, shouldn't Xiaofei stay in the Fez Empire to appease the people?

"That's right, because you're not on the platform, so it's not clear what's going on, so let's make a long story short. At the beginning of the holidays, Lille and I followed our teacher on a journey across the continent......"

"Woo~, so cunning, obviously I also want to travel to the mainland with the teacher, where are you now, teacher, I'll go to you immediately." ”

"Uh......" Luo Ling sighed a little embarrassed, to be honest, he really didn't want to bring Clatice with him again, not because he particularly favored Lil and Xiaofei (obviously there were), it can be said that considering the current situation, Luo Ling's ability to protect Lille and Xiaofei is already close to the limit. If he encounters a sudden situation of crisis, Luo Ling's spatial ability is difficult to carry three people to move at the same time, and when he is in a hurry, he does not have a third hand to "hold" another person to fly.

Relatively speaking, Lil and Xiaofei are still just children, and they won't have any strange ideas, like Black Feather Kazuhime, such a mature girl, if a similar method is used, Luo Ling estimates that he will inevitably feel charming, ah, this is force majeure. Furthermore, if it was really agreed to let Clatice join the journey, then it was very likely that the rest of the class would also ask Luo Ling to take them with him for the sake of the trip, and that he would eventually take the whole class with him.

Having said so much, in fact, the most important reason is that Luo Ling is afraid of trouble, it is enough trouble to bring Lil and Xiaofei, and it is really unbearable to add another bird.

"There is no need for this, one of the purposes of the teacher's trip is to visit the homes of students scattered all over the mainland, so we will go to see you, and we don't have to come to us deliberately. Of course, Xiaofei understands Luo Ling's thoughts, and for herself, she doesn't want other classmates to join this trip, especially female classmates or something, she must resolutely refuse.

"Huh~, does Xiao Fei want to monopolize the teacher by herself?" Clatice stared at Xiao Fei's eyes with a see-through gaze.

"No, no, teacher, you come and tell her. Forcibly twisted his head, and preached to Luo Ling in a bit of a panic.

"Oh. Luo Ling replied simply, and then walked to the screen.

"It's a change," Clatice said with a sly smile on her face, and then spoke into the communication screen in as loud a voice as she could, "Xiaofei, you're shy!"

"I'm not shy!!" Although you can't see the figure, the voice full of shame and indignation is clearly conveyed.

"Ahh Luo Ling glanced secretly out of the corner of his eye.

"Such a little Fei, it's so cute. Na, did you say yes, teacher~?"

"yes, it's cute. Involuntarily, he stepped into Klatice's trap.

"Then, now that the teacher immediately goes to look at Xiaofei's cheeks, it will probably feel more cute, right?"

Although "......" was a certain distance away from the screen, Xiao Fei, who still heard Clatice's words clearly, had no way to stay here any longer, and quickly left this place of right and wrong while Luo Ling hadn't turned his head yet.

“……”

"Ah-la, has Xiaofei already left?"

"yes. Luo Ling said indifferently, as if he was not affected by what had just happened at all.

"Teacher, are you really so slow? Obviously, Xiaofei ...... she"

"Perhaps, I don't know. ”

"Teacher, you're really a villain who only knows how to play with students' emotions. Clatice suddenly rebuked angrily.

"That's a bit of a stretch, but, as you say, I'm a true villain. ”

"Do you even admit it...... Then what else can I say?Ah~, I don't want to see your face again in a short time, stupid teacher. How should I add that platform I said earlier? ”

"Hmm. Luo Ling responded softly, and quickly operated a few buttons on the virtual light screen, "The logo of the platform has been created in your interface, and you only need to click to add it to the platform, and there are Xiaofei's operation instructions inside, I believe you will definitely be able to learn ......."

"Nothing else is over......" It seems that he doesn't want to see Luo Ling's face for a second, and forcibly terminates the communication.

"What a badass teacher. After shutting off the comms, Clatice still muttered quietly.

Assh looked at Klatice's melancholy and slightly painful face and said, "You have really changed, is it all because of that person?"

"yes, the villain who saved me and rejected me. ”

......" Assh didn't understand or understand why Klatice had become so sad and miserable, and she didn't have the curiosity to find out what was going on. Now, what she worries about is whether to fulfill the orders that Luo Ling gave her that cannot be disobeyed.

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